Chinese Word Entry

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin): zuì
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi3
Definitions:
  1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ; -est

  2. (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (eg 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")


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Chinese characters used in this word

utmost, most, extreme, extremely, exceedingly
Readings
Mandarin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ (zuì), ㄘㄨㄛ (cuō)
Cantonese: zeoi3
Japanese: サイ (sai)、 シュ (shu) / もっと.も (mottomo)、 つま (tsuma)、 も (mo)
Korean: 최 (choe)
Vietnamese: tối
Variants
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